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pneumonia

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /njuˈməʊniə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Canada, US: /nuˈmoʊniə/
  • Canada, US: /nəˈmoʊniə/
  • Canada, US: /nəˈmoʊnjə/
  • CMU ARPABET: N UW0 M OW1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: N AH0 M OW1 N Y AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: respiratory disease, respiratory illness, respiratory disorder

Narrower terms: bronchopneumonia, bronchial pneumonia, lobar pneumonia, pneumococcal pneumonia, pneumocytosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, pleuropneumonia, viral pneumonia

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía).

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pneumoni — inflammation of the lungs
  • Amharic: የሳምባ ምች (yäsamba məč) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Arabic: ذَات اَلرِّئَة (ḏāt ar-riʔa) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Arabic: اِلْتِهَاب رِئَوِيّ (iltihāb riʔawiyy) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Arikara: naniítuʾ — inflammation of the lungs
  • Armenian: թոքաբորբ (tʻokʻaborb) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Armenian: թոքերի բորբոքում (tʻokʻeri borbokʻum) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Assiniboine: caǧú bóbi — inflammation of the lungs
  • Assiniboine: caǧú nadàboǧą — inflammation of the lungs
  • Azerbaijani: ağciyər iltihabı — inflammation of the lungs
  • Azerbaijani: sətəlcəm — inflammation of the lungs
  • Azerbaijani: pnevmoniya — inflammation of the lungs
  • Belarusian: пнеўмані́я (pnjewmaníja) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Belarusian: запале́нне лёгкіх (zapaljénnje ljóhkix) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Burmese: အဆုတ်ရောင်ရောဂါ (a.hcutraung-rau:ga) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Catalan: pneumònia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Catalan: pulmonia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎳ ᎡᎯ ᎤᏗᎴᎬᏍᎬ (gola ehi udilegvsgv) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Cherokee: ᎪᎴᎯ (golehi) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Chinese Cantonese: 肺炎 (fai3 jim4) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hakka Chinese: 肺炎 (fi-yàm, hi-yàm) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Chinese: 肺炎 (zh-min-nan) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肺炎 (fèiyán) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Southern East Cree: ᐹᒋᐦᐸᓀᐸᔨᐙᔅᐱᓀᐎᓐ (paacihpanepayiwaaspinewin) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Czech: zápal plic — inflammation of the lungs
  • Czech: pneumonie — inflammation of the lungs
  • Danish: lungebetændelse — inflammation of the lungs
  • Dhivehi: ނިއުމޯނިޔާ (niumōniyā) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Dutch: longontsteking — inflammation of the lungs
  • Dutch: pneumonie — inflammation of the lungs
  • Esperanto: pneŭmonito — inflammation of the lungs
  • Estonian: kopsupõletik — inflammation of the lungs
  • Estonian: pneumoonia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Finnish: keuhkokuume — inflammation of the lungs
  • Finnish: pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs
  • French: pneumonie — inflammation of the lungs
  • Galician: pneumonía — inflammation of the lungs
  • Georgian: პნევმონია (ṗnevmonia) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Georgian: ფილტვების ანთება (pilṭvebis anteba) — inflammation of the lungs
  • German: Lungenentzündung — inflammation of the lungs
  • German: Pneumonie — inflammation of the lungs
  • Greek: πνευμονία (pnevmonía) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hebrew: דַּלֶּקֶת רֵאוֹת (daléket re'ót) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hindi: न्यूमोनिया (nyūmoniyā) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Hungarian: tüdőgyulladás — inflammation of the lungs
  • Icelandic: lungnabólga — inflammation of the lungs
  • Ido: pulmonito — inflammation of the lungs
  • Indonesian: pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Inuktitut: ᐳᕝᕕᕆᓂᖅ (povfiriniq) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Irish: aicíd na scamhóg — inflammation of the lungs
  • Irish: niúmóine — inflammation of the lungs
  • Italian: polmonite — inflammation of the lungs
  • Japanese: 肺炎 (haien) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Kazakh: өкпе қабынуы (ökpe qabynuy) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Khmer: ជម្ងឺរលាកទងសួត (cumŋɨɨ rɔliek tɔɔŋ suǝt) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Khmer: រោគរលាកសួត (rook rɔliek suǝt) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Khmer: រលាកសួត (rɔɔrɔliək suət) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Korean: 폐렴 (pyeryeom) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Central Kurdish: سِیەسۆ (siyeso) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Ladin: pontes — inflammation of the lungs
  • Lao: ປອດບວມ (pǭt būam) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Latvian: pneimonija — inflammation of the lungs
  • Latvian: plaušu karsonis — inflammation of the lungs
  • Lithuanian: plaučių uždegimas — inflammation of the lungs
  • Lithuanian: pneumonija — inflammation of the lungs
  • Macedonian: пнеумонија (pneumonija) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Malay: paru-paru berair — inflammation of the lungs
  • Malecite-Passamaquoddy: numuniyewine — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mate pūkahu kakā — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: mate niumōnia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Māori: niumōnia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Mongolian: уушгины үрэвсэл (uušginy ürevsel) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Classical Nahuatl: ōpōchehēcatl — inflammation of the lungs
  • Navajo: dikos ntsaaígíí — inflammation of the lungs
  • Norman: enfliammâtion d'ponmons — inflammation of the lungs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: lungebetennelse — inflammation of the lungs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: lungebetennelse — inflammation of the lungs
  • Pannonian Rusyn: запалєнє плюцох (zapaljenje pljucox) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пнеумония (pneumonija) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Pawnee: raritukskucuʾ — inflammation of the lungs
  • Persian: ذاتالریه (zât-or-riye) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Polish: zapalenie płuc — inflammation of the lungs
  • Portuguese: pneumonia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Romanian: pneumonie — inflammation of the lungs
  • Russian: пневмони́я (pnevmoníja) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Russian: воспале́ние лёгких (vospalénije ljóxkix) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Russian: лёгочное заболевание (ljógočnoje zabolevanije) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Scottish Gaelic: am fiabhras-clèibhe — inflammation of the lungs
  • Serbo-Croatian: пнеумо̀нија — inflammation of the lungs
  • Serbo-Croatian: упала плућа — inflammation of the lungs
  • Serbo-Croatian: pneumònija — inflammation of the lungs
  • Serbo-Croatian: upala pluća — inflammation of the lungs
  • Slovak: zápal pľúc — inflammation of the lungs
  • Slovak: pneumónia — inflammation of the lungs
  • Southern Altai: пневмония (pnevmoniya) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Southern Altai: ӧкпӧниҥ оорузы (ökpöniŋ ooruzï) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Slovene: pljučnica — inflammation of the lungs
  • Spanish: pulmonía — inflammation of the lungs
  • Spanish: neumonía — inflammation of the lungs
  • Swedish: lunginflammation — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tagalog: magambaga — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tagalog: magandahumbaga — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tagalog: pulmunya — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tamil: நுரையீரல் அழற்சி (nuraiyīral aḻaṟci) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Thai: ปอดบวม (bpɔ̀ɔt-buuam) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Tlingit: k'inashóo — inflammation of the lungs
  • Turkish: zatürre — inflammation of the lungs
  • Turkish: pnömoni — inflammation of the lungs
  • Ukrainian: пневмоні́я (pnevmoníja) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Ukrainian: запа́лення леге́нів (zapálennja lehéniv) — inflammation of the lungs
  • Uzbek: zotiljam — inflammation of the lungs
  • Uzbek: pnevmoniya — inflammation of the lungs
  • Vietnamese: viêm phổi — inflammation of the lungs
  • Vietnamese: sưng phổi — inflammation of the lungs
  • Vietnamese: phế viêm — inflammation of the lungs
  • Volapük: luegaflamat — inflammation of the lungs
  • Zhuang: feiyenz — inflammation of the lungs
  • Zhuang: binghfeiyenz — inflammation of the lungs
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